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Mussel Power

Mimicking Nature May Green Businesses in More Ways Than One
by Kim Ridley
To mussels, carbon dioxide is a good thing. They and their fellow mollusks extract it from seawater to use in making their shells. A company called CO2 Solution is now copying that process to remove the greenhouse gas from industrial smokestacks.

Tree Tonic

Good news from green Los Angeles
by Laurie Kaufman

On a forested ridgeline between the San Fernando Valley and Hollywood Hills is the home of an LA legend: not the Hollywood sign, nor an elegant celebrity mansion, but a hard-working non-governmental organization headquartered among coastal live oaks and nature trails. It’s here that TreePeople makes its home, inspiring millions of Angelenos to take care of their often maligned city.